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VOL. 80-—Na 71. ~ ' WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1947 ’ " ESTABLISHED 1867
_Family Prepares For Trip To New Home
Mrs. Catherine Streiff and her children; Linda, 6; Shirley, 3; Jacqueline, 6 months; Kenneth, 9; and
Karen, 5; are shown at their present home, 2 Court M, Lake Forest. Mrs. Streiff and the children will
leave Norfolk, Va., on January 17 bound fVr Pearl Harbor, where her husband, Lieut, (jg) L. B. Streiff,
is stationed with a communications unit of the U. S. Navy. (Photo by Carolina Camera)
POLICEMEN HURT
IN TEHRAN RIOT
Fierce Pre-Election Fight
ing Breaks Out In Front
Of King's Palace
TEHRAN. Iran, Jan. 5 — (IP) —
Fierce fighting broke out at the
gates of the king’s palace Sunday
when police halted a demonstration
in connection with the forthcoming
Iranian national elections. Officials
said that 11 policemen and “four
or five” demonstrators were in
jured.
Six of the policemen were report
ed in a serious condition.
Minister of Propaganda and La
bor Aramesh said the demonstra
tion was begun by striking univer
sity students seeking to make “cer
tain claims” regarding the elec
tions. ’ ,
Earlier, Aramesh denied at a
news conference what he described
as ‘‘rumors circulated here” that
the government is interfering in
the elections. He said the reports
were being spread by “people op
posing the Iran Democratic party
(the party of Premier Ahmed
Qavam).
The minister said that all local
and foreign newsmen were invited
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SCHOOLS REOPEN
AFI R HOLIDAYS
No Changes In Faculties
Reported By Supt
H. M. Roland
The holidays are over for all
school children in the city and
county as classes in all the schools
are scheduled to begin again this
morning at the regular hours.
No changes have been made
in the faculties of any of the
schools, making the holidays un
usually quiet in regards to changes
and developments, Superintendent
of Schools H. M. Roland said last
night.
The Wilmington College Center
of the University of North Caro
lina started classes last Friday.
Dale Spencer, director, reported
that the enrollment at the center
for the winter quarter was 170.
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SAGINAW FIRM SUES
CIO UNIONISTS FOR
“WASHING-UP” TIME
SAGINAW, Mich., Jan. 5. —(JP)—
A new wrinkle in portal to portal
pay suits appeared here Sunday
as the Lufkin Rule co. announced
it wants the United Auto Workers
(CIO) to pay back unearned money
workers received for time spent
in quitting early to wash up.
The Lufkin firm, defendants in
an $818,000 portal suit, petitioned
in federal court at Bay City
Saturday for an amended bill of
particulars from the UAW-CIO.
The company contends that its
employes have collected as much
or more than $818,000 in pay for
time not actually worked.
Kenneth T. Forbes, regional
UAW representative, started a so
called “representative suit” against
Lufkin for overtime pay going back
to 1939 in the name of 40 em
ployes and others “similarly situat
ed.”
CHRISTMAS TREE
BURNING PLANNED
Program Scheduled For To
night At Pembroke Jones
Park Starting At 7
The complete program for the
“burning of the trees” ceremony
scheduled for tonight in celebra
tion of Old Christmas was an
nounced last night by Jesse Rey
nolds, director of the city recre
ation department.
The highlight of the program
will be the huge bonfire of old
Christmas trees, a practice follow
ed here for many years.
The program will begin prompt
ly tonight at 7 o’clock, Reynolds
said, at the Pembroke Jones play
ground and park on Market street.
An opening prayer will be given
by the ReV. Alexander Miller,
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church.
“The Legion of Christmas” will
be told by Charles Chenworth, fol
lowing which the presentation of
awards to winners in the essay
contest sponsored by the City Rec
reation department will be made.
Three awards will be given, Rey
nolds said.
Group singing will feature songs
by a special quartet composed of
Mrs. Vernon Avery, Arthur John,
and Fred Carps, under the direc
tion or Mrs. James Murdoch. They
will sing, “Song in the Air,” “Good
Christian Men,” and “Hark, the
Herald Angels Sing,” accompanied
On the piano by Mrs. Elizabeth
Emory.
J. E. L. Wade, chairman of holi
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 6)
FAMILY PREPARES
FOR LONG VOYAGE
Lake Forest Residents Sail
January 17 For Pearl
Harbor Naval Base
“Please pardon the appearance
of my house’’ were the words that
greeted a Morning Star reporter
as he entered the home of Mrs.
Catherine Streiff, 2 court M Lake
Forest, Sunday afternoon.
There was plenty of reasons why
Mrs. Streiff’s house should be dis
arranged. She and her five chil
dren were packing their clothes
and engaged in making final prep
arations for their long journey to
their new home in Pearl Harbor.
She explained she was selling the
entire household furnishings and
only taking “neccessities” on the
long trip.
As she talked with the reporter,
she was holding her youngest
child, Jacqualine, age 6 months,
in her arms. The other four chil
dren, Kenneth, 9; Linda 6; Karen,
5 and Shirley, 3, were playing in
the room.
Her husband, Lieut, (jg) L. B.
Streiff, was engaged in packing.
He is home on leave and is sched
uled to leave here tomorrow for
the West Coast.
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 6)
MARCH OF DIMES
PLANS ADVANCING
W. K. Rhodes, Jr., Drive
Chairman, Makes Com
mittee Appointments
The groundwork for the local
March of Dimes drive is now un
derway, according to W. K. Rhodes,
Jr., chairman of the local drive.
The goal set to be raised from
New Hanover county is $8,200. The
means of obtaining this goal are
as yet incomplete,' but solicitations
will be made through the schools
and theaters, as well as through
private donations, Rhodes stated.
Appointed to serve as committee
men are: Ben McDonald, who has
previously been named publicity
chairman, for the Wrightsville
Beach district; W. L. Farmer for
the Carolina Beach district, and
Addison Hewlett, Jr., Solomon
Sternberger, and H. Winfield
Smith, who will each be placed in
charge of a section of the county.
Other committeemen will be ap
pointed in the near future, among
whom will be, for the first time
in this area, three Negroes, who
will handle the solicitations among
the Negroes. Rhodes stated.
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 3)
GALA DAY
Singing Miners Parade
To Pits Behind Bands
LONDON, Jan. 5.—UP)— Singing
miners paraded to the pits behind
bands' and banners, stirring the
usual Sunday calm in coal field vil
lages all over Britain Sunday in an
observance of government owner
ship of the mines.
At Durham, center of North Eng
land’s vast coalfields, Fuel Minis
ter Emanuuel Shinwell and Lord
Hyndley, chairman of the National
Coal board, marched beside Rich
ard Morris, 71-year-old miner, who
entered the pits at the age of 10
and was awarded the British Em
pire Medal last week.
Shinewell said that when the fight
for nationalization began a half
century ago “it was thought that
it never would come about except
as the result of a violent revolution
but we take over the collieries with
the band playing a modest air.
"That’s how we conduct our rev
olutions—a»d it’s only the begin
ning of many other revolutions—
no bloodshed, no violence, just
plain common sense based on votes
cast at a general election.”
At Cathedral services, the Rev.
A. T. P. Williams, Bishop of Dur
ham, prayed for the prosperity of
the nationalized mines.
MOUNTAINOUS, STORM-DRIVEN SEAS
IMPERIL 108 LIVES ON TINY ATOLL;
TRUMAN ADDRESSES CONGRESS TOD A Y
—— I
Joint Session
Set For Talk
By President
Chief Executive Completes
Draft Of Crucial State Of
Nation Speech
MAY FIX PATTERN
Resurgent Republicans
Plan To Push Labor, Tax
Slash Legislation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—
(iP)—President Truman Sun
day completed a crucial state
of the union message for the
politically hostile 80th Con
gress which may fix the pat
tern of his relations with it
for the next two years.
The resurgent Republicans
have laid firm plans to pro
ceed this week with labor con
trols and tax reductions re
gardless of what the Presi
dent may say when he appears be
fore a joint session at 1 p. m. (EST)
Monday.
Mr. Truman is expected by Con
gressional leaders t o caution
against punitive labor measures
which might aggravate the situa
tion and against over-hasty tax
cuts. His recommendations for the
legislative program, they believe,
will be presented plainly in general
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 2)
CONVICT‘MAKES’
$8,911 IN PRISON
Probe Of Penitentiary Busi
ness Results In Ouster
Of Warden Olson
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 5 — (/P) —
A probe which disclosed that a con
vict acquired a bank account of
several thousand dollars in a year
and a half has culminated in dis
charge of Nebraska penitentiary
Warden Neil Olson.
The convict is Herbert F. McCul
la, 50, National Junior Chamber of
Commerce president in 1929 and
1930 and former Lincoln business
and social leader.
At a “press conference” at the
penitentiary, McCulla told reporters
the money represented profits
from sale of novelty leather goods.
He said up to 18 other prisoners
have worked for him producing the
novelties.
“I’m just a misplaced business
man,” quipped McCulla, who was
sentenced in May, 1945, to two to
five years after pleading guilty to
embezzling $9,000 from the Lincoln
Symphony Orchestra association.
He was association secretary.
Since McCulla entered prison,
$8,911.14 has been credited to his
account. After deducting material
and labor costs, the former tele
phone company executive said he
cleared $56 a month at “what you
might call a business.”
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ASSEMBLY FORCES
TREK TO RALEIGH
Vanguard Of 1947 Mem
bership Begins To Ar
rive For Opening
RALEIGH, Jan. 5. —(£>)— With
more money to spend than any
other legislature in history, North
Carolina General Assembly mem
bers began arriving in Raleigh
Sunday for preliminaries to the
opening on Wednesday.
Many of the early arrivals want
ed to confer with speaker-designate
Tom Pearsall of Nash county, and
Lieut. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine, presi
dent of the Senate, over committee
appointments.
- tsotti Pearsall and Ballentine have
indicated they wanted to announce
committee appointments as early
as possible after Wednesday so
work could be started in earnest
by next Monday.
Governor Cherry will deliver his
biennial message next Thursday,
probably at noon. His office said
about 45 minutes would be re
quired to deliver the message,
which will deal with conditions and
affairs of the state.
No Veto Power
While the governor of North
Carolina does not have veto power,
his recommendations to the legis
lature are carefully heeded by the
lawmakers. A liaison officer, this
time former Senator Brandon
Hodges of Buncombe, advises legis
lative leaders from time to time
just what the governor’s views are
and what he wants in the way of
laws.
Most legislators expect no ma
terial changes in the state’s tax
structure. They anticipate some
debate on a proposed medical care
program, over salaries of state
employes and teachers, and allo
cations for permanent improve
ments at the various institutions.
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 6)
Along The Cape Fear
SCHOOL AGAIN — Maybe it's
fact that the schools of Wilmington
and New Hanover County reopen
today following the Christmas hoi.
idays or maybe it’s the fact that
Mrs. Charles Lee Bragg, of 1802
Market street, was kind enough to
lend us a photograph. Be what it
may, we can bring our readers a
picture of one of the Port City’s
most distinguished adopted citi
zens.
We are speaking of Miss Amy M.
Bradley, who came from Boston to
Wilmington and has left her mark
upon the Port City.
If you will be kind enough to turn
to Page 3 you will find the photo
graph which Mrs. Bragg so kindly
lent us. The picture is a-real
museum piece as it shows Miss
Bradley, who was a great educa
tor.
* • *
BEGINNING HERE — During
the winter of 1865-66 a free school
was opened in the old Union school
house, located between Nun and
Church Streets on South Sixth.
This school was supported by the
Soldiers’ Memorial Society of
Boston. It was a philanthropic en
terprise as it made possible the
education of many children who
would have been deprived of such
an opportunity due to the ravages
of war.
In December, 1866 Miss Bradley
came to our city. She was sent here
under the auspices of the American
Unitarian Association and the Sol
diers’ Memorial Society.
* * *
TILESTON APPEARS — On Jan
uary 9, 1867 in the same site, the
Union school house, Miss Bradley
began her career in Wilmington.
In a few years the institution
grew into the Tileston Normal
School. And this institution opened
up an entirely new world for nu
merous boys and girls of Wilming
ton.
In 1872 Miss Bradley gave up the
Union school building to use the
new Tileston building which had
just been erected on Ann street,
between Fourth and Fifth, through
funds furnished by Mrs. Augusta
Hemenway, of Boston. The new
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 4)
The Weather
North and South Carolina — Clear to
partly cloudy, not much change in tem
perature Monday and Tuesday.
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meterorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
Precipitation
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m—
0.12 inches.
Total since the first of the month —
0 88 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
High Low
Wilmington - 9:07 a.m, 3:30 a.m
9:20 p.m. 4:15 p.m'.
Masonboro Inlet 6:47 a.m. 12:26 a.m.
„ 7:11p.m. 1:15 p.m.
Sunrise 7:19: Sunset 5:18; Moonrise
4:47p. Moonset 7:54a.
MILDER WEATHER
COMING THIS WAY
Forecaster Says West,
South To Get Slight Tem
perature Change Today
By The Associated Press
Milder weather, with a chance to
dig out of last week’s snow fall was
promised by the weather observers
for today. The cold wave that
brought sub-zero temperatures to
many Mid-West states has moved
Eastward, but the warming pro
cess will be slow.
The last of the snow Hurries fell
in Northern Wisconsin and North
ern Michigan Saturday night, but
snow, up to two inches, fell as far
South as Laredo, Texas, where the
temperature dipped to 26 above
zero.
Thawing weather is expected to
develop over much of the snow
area today. The coldest section of
the country Sunday was on a line
between Chicago and Tulsa, Okla.,
where the mercury dipped to -7.
Chicago registered one above zero.
A cutting wind added to the out
door discomfortiture in Chicago.
Wind Expected
Considerable wind is anticipated
for the next two or three days the
Weather bureau said, and this will
prevent the temperatures from
making rapid descents during the
night.
LOCAL AIR SHOW
PI NSADVANCED
Complete Details To Be An
nounced Soon By Com
mitte, Wooten Says
A1 Wooten, local pilot and presi
dent of the local unit of the Caro
lina Aero club, said last night plans
for the air show to be held here
January 18 and 19 are progressing
and indicated that the full pro
gram will be released soon.
It has already been announced
by Wooten that Russ Sorrell, well
known parachute jumper, has sign
ed to appear in the show. He said
last night, that negotiations are un
derway with several of the nation’s
top acrobatic pilots.
Other highlights of the show will
include the participation of 20 naval
fighters and bombers. These planes
will be supplemented by approxi
mately 100 planes returning from
Miami, Fla., air maneuvers.
In addition to the local pilots,
several pilots and planes from other
sections of the nation are expected
to appear in the show.
Complete details of the program
will be announced as soon as they
are completed, Wooten said last
night.
REBUFFED BILBO
RETURNING HOME
Mississippian Will Undergo
New Cancer Operation;
Plans Return
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 — (j?*) —
Senator Bilbo (D-Miss.), rebuffed
in the first round of his efforts to
sit in the Republican-controlled
80th Congress, left for home Sun
day to undergo a new cancer
operation.
He set out for Jackson, Miss.,
by automobile at 4 P- m. accom
panied by his attorney, Forrest
B. Jackson, and his private sec
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 2)
MYSTERY PROBE
Three Groups Plan Trek
To Famed Headless Vale
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 5.—
(A3) — Northern Canada’s mist
shrouded “Headless Valley,” where
few white men have entered and
Indian tales say 13 have died my
sterious deaths, may give up its
secrets this year.
Two Canadian expiditions and
one from the United States have
plans for exploring the remote
area, through which winds the un
charted South Nahanni river in
Canada’s Northwest territories.
The valley lies 200 miles North
east of Whitehorse, Y. T., in a
country of wild and wailing winds,
and has been described in Indian
lore as a land of head-hunters, pre
historic animals roaming deep
chasms, tropical plants fed by hot
springs and geysers, and a fabu
lously rich lost gold mine.
The few white men who have
penetrated the region, and return
ed, found no such fanciful hidden
vale, but much of the territory re
mains to be explored.
One of the Canadian parties will
forge into the Northern wilderness
in quest of gold, while the other
two expeditions have announced
they are determined only to solve
the mysteries of the legendary val
ley.
Rescue Ships
Rush Toward
Pacific Base
Palmyra Inhabitants En
dangered By Inundation
From Rising Waters
ALASKATHREATENED
Weather Bureau Officials
Report Falling Barome
ters All Along Coast
HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 5.
_ (UP) — Army, Navy and
Marine Air-Sea Rescue planes
and three ships rushed toward
tiny Palmyra atoll Sunday for
the possible hasty evacuation
of 108 persons periled by
mountainous, storm - driven
seas, while far to the north
gale force winds headed for
the northern Alaskan main
land.
An unconfirmed report re
layed by a radio station on
Oahu island said five women and
two children were included in the
personnel threatened by the steadi
ly rising waters which already
have swept aver a portion of the
atoll 960 miles south of here.
Air-Sea Rescue units of the
Hawaiian Sea frontier reported one
Navy privateer was standing by
Palmyra while another plane was
enroute from Johnson island, 500
miles to the northwest. An Army
B-17 aircraft and a Marine R5D
(C-54) have been dispatched from
Oahu. A frontier spokesman said
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STATEASKSBIDS 1
ON BRIDGE WORK
Alligator Creek-Brunswick
River Bridges To Be
Let Saturday
Bids for the construction of con
crete bridges and approaches at
Alligator creek and Brunswick
river on highways 17, 74 and 76 will
be let in Raleigh on January 11
but final plans for the projects
will not be made until after that
time, R. V. Biberstein, district
engineer of the state highway com
mission, said last night.
Biberstein pointed out that even
though bids will be let on that date
the low bid will have to be approv
ed by both the state highway com
mission and the Federal Bureau
of roads before work can start. U.
S. government funds will be used to
help defray the cost and conse
quently the federal agency must
approve the bid after the tenative
go-ahead signal has been given by
the state department.
The original schedule for the con
struction of the bridges was laid
prior to the war but shortages of
materials prevented any work be
ing started. In addition, bids were
called for about a year ago but
none were made in view of the lack
of steel needed in erecting th*
spans, Biberstein said.
And So To Bed
—
Several of the local dress
shops are having Inventory
sales to clear stocks.
One local wife got in “on the
ground floor’’ at such a sale;
buying two gorgeous creations,
with the understanding that
there could be no exchanges
nor refunds. She wended her '
way home to inform hubby of
her wonderful luck.
Soonaas friend hubby crossed
the threshold that evening,
she greets him wearing one of
the gowns.
Naturally, husband-like he
fails to notice it.
Before supper was served,
she appears wearing the other
one. Hubby looks up from the
paper and observed casually,
“ ’Smatter, Hon, spill some
thing on that old green dress?”
At this Remark, wifey storms
from the room and has sworn
she will never wear either dress
again!